Ghana Politics

John Mensah Sarbah CMG (3 June 1864 – 27 November 1910) was a prominent lawyer and political leader in the Gold Coast (now Ghana). He is also known as a founder of Mfantsipim School. Life John Mensah Sarbah was born on Friday, 3 June 1864, in Anomabu, in the Fante Confederacy in the Gold Coast. He was the eldest son …

  Ghanaian politician and prominent New Patriotic Party (NPP) Presidential election candidate, Ken Ohene Agyapong, has decided to cancel his intended media engagement, which was set to take place today. Agyapong, who represents the Assin Central Constituency in Parliament, had planned to brief the media and the public on his …

The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Jean Mensa, is set to make an appearance before Parliament on November 8, 2023, to provide a comprehensive report on the recently concluded limited voter registration process. This announcement was made by the Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, who emphasized the significance of hearing …

The Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga, has suggested that providing uniforms to officers of the National Security might help reduce civilian attacks on them. This recommendation comes in the wake of a recent incident where the military allegedly assaulted residents of Garu-Tempane in response to an attack …

The Electoral Commission of Ghana has rejected rumors of its intention to create 25 additional constituencies in preparation for the 2024 general elections. According to Dr. Eric Bossman Asare, the Deputy Commissioner responsible for Corporate Services at the EC, the commission’s only plan is to establish the Guan Constituency. He …

James Van Leuven Mensah (also known as J.V.L. Mensah) was a Ghanaian accountant, public servant, banker, and politician. He was born at Kengen, Ghana to Joseph Mensah and Yanke Adela 8 February 1937. His father was a Catchiest from Nkroful. After settling at Kengen, Joseph named his son after a Dutch missionary he worked with, Fr. Van Leuven, at the local Saint …

Edward Nasigrie Mahama (born 15 April 1945) is a Ghanaian medical doctor and politician. Early life and education Born in the village of Sumniboma (northern Ghana) in 1945, Mahama attended Nalerigu Primary and Middle School from 1953 to 1959. He then attended Secondary School in Tamale from 1961 to 1965. Later that year, he was admitted to …

Alhaji Aliu Mahama (3 March 1946 – 16 November 2012) was a Ghanaian engineer and politician who was Vice-President of Ghana from 7 January 2001 to 7 January 2009. A member of the New Patriotic Party, he was Ghana’s first Muslim Vice-President. Early life and education An ethnic Dagomba, Aliu Mahama as a young man studied at …

Hilla Limann, GCMG (12 December 1934 – 23 January 1998) was a Ghanaian diplomat and politician who served the President of Ghana from 24 September 1979 to 31 December 1981. He served as a diplomat in Lomé, Togo and Geneva, Switzerland. Education Limann, whose original last name was Babini, was born in the northern Gold Coast town of Gwollu in the Sissala West District of the Upper West Region to a …

Justice Daniel Francis Kweipe Annan (November 7, 1928 – July 16, 2006) was a Ghanaian politician and judge. He served as Speaker of the 1st & 2nd parliaments of Ghana’s Fourth Republic from 1993 to 2001. He was a member of the Provisional National Defence Council which governed Ghana prior the Fourth Republic from 1985 to 1992, and was Chairman of …